failure

you are so young now

that you will never die.

these lines will not taint

your immortality,

in fact it may be a specular feature,

a heads up to the solar flare

you will become.

in time

they will find words to describe you.

i will not attempt that here.

my role is simple

and dangerous. i am the wolf

in your shadow. i am eyes

you do not have yet. i am ears

that listen to the outside. i am

the terrible consequence. i am here.

always.

my mouth has cradled you

from before you were in this world.

long ago

my arms encircled you against the night.

my heart beats a poem you can keep.

i hope. i hope. i hope.

you will be happy.